Spark your heart and mind through meditation
The Seattle Shambhala Meditation Center is a vibrant community with a warm approach to the study and practice of meditation. We provide instruction in mindfulness-awareness meditation for beginners and for experienced practitioners, a diverse variety of evening and weekend programs and group meditation sessions. We offer tools to help discover greater compassion, confidence, wisdom and joy in our day-to-day life.
The Shambhala teachings offer a way to extend our personal transformation for the benefit of society as a whole. We discover the wisdom, sanity and goodness within our seemingly complex and chaotic minds, and the inherent goodness in the world around us.
Our Center is located in the Madison valley neighborhood of Seattle. We also offer programs in Ballard, West Seattle, Bellevue, Mercer Island, Issaquah, Edmonds, Tacoma, and Bainbridge Island. For a listing of all sittings, programs and events check out the monthly calendar. For latest community news and events, take a look at our blog.
You are warmly invited to join us!
Getting Started:
There are many ways to get acquainted with Shambhala Buddhism and the people at the Seattle Center. Join us for an Open House with meditation instruction, a dharma talk and social time on Thursday evenings or Sunday mornings. More →
Our Stories – The Seattle Shambhala Community
We are a community of artists, business people, non-profit leaders, carpenters, writers, athletes, movers, sleepers, shakers, younger and older types – we are thinkers and doers. Like humanity, we come in all shapes, sizes and types. Check Out Our Stories →
Membership
The Seattle Shambhala Meditation Center is a member supported organization. Membership is a way to express appreciation for what Shambhala provides and help make it available to others. Learn more about getting involved.
Acharya Richard John coming to Seattle!
Join us for Radical Simplicity: Shambhala Meditation for a Troubled World, a special weekend program taught by Acharya Richard John May 5 – 6 that explores the practice of Shambhala Meditation, drawing on the wisdom of Buddhism, Tibetan shamanism, the Quakers, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thomas Merton, Karen Armstrong and others. More →
Pema Chodron
Pema Chödrön is one of the most prominent Buddhist teachers in the West. She is widely known for her charming and down-to-earth teachings. She is an ordained nun, author, and senior teacher (achraya) in Shambhala. More →
What is Shambhala?
Shambhala is an international community of urban meditation and rural retreat centers founded by the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and now led by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Learn about our vision, lineage & community.
Latest News from the Seattle Blog
Shambhala Teachers Support Buddhist Humanitarian Appeal
April 16, 2018Shambhala meditators worldwide are supporting the Buddhist Humanitarian Appeal to raise wider support and funds for the 1,000,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Buddhist leaders from 25 countries have signed a letter to the Myanmar State Sangha Committee. The appeal now is open for everyone to read and sign the letter, and to donate to reliable … Continue
Right Livelihood: Shambhalians Taking Mindfulness to Work
April 5, 2018by Andrea D’Asaro In Buddhist terms, “right livelihood” is a traditional teaching on living a dignified life and working in an ethical way. The Shambhala path inspired one Seattle member to consider this teaching, leading to a transformation in interactions at work and a new and inspired career path. Jill Avey is a long-time volunteer … Continue
People of Color Meditation Group
February 8, 2018by Nina Nabizadeh How can we move away from the dominating structure of whiteness as the way to liberation? That’s the continual question we ask at People of Colour Meditation group. Started in 2017, our current goal is is to grow the group and nurture it since it is one of the newer affinity groups … Continue
